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AN HISTORIC PRESENTATION IVORY MOUNTED CANE
"Presented to Wm. Seward By His Friends in Albany June 20th 1861"
The ivory L-shaped handle is set with six teardrop-shaped silver plates and incised Presented to/Wm. Seward/By His Friends/in Auburn/June 20, 1861, silver ferrule, faux-bamboo wood shaft, German-silver tip
35¼ inches (89.5 cms.) long
Ivory handle lacking silver cap.
William Henry Seward (1801-1872), Governor of New York from 1838-1842, and U.S. Senator (1849-1861). Although loosing the Republican party nomination for President to Abraham Lincoln, Seward actively campaigned on Lincoln's behalf during the 1860 election. Appointed Secretary of State by Lincoln, Seward was instrumental in many aspects of the Union cause during the war, including dissuading England not to recognise the Confederacy. After the war he effectively pressured France to withdraw from Mexico.
Seward was wounded by a would-be assassin the night that Lincoln was murdered. Remaining on as Secretary of State during the Johnson Administration, Seward, the enthusiastic expansionist, negotiated the annexation of the Midway Islands and the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867. He died in Auburn, New York, 1872.
"Presented to Wm. Seward By His Friends in Albany June 20th 1861"
The ivory L-shaped handle is set with six teardrop-shaped silver plates and incised Presented to/Wm. Seward/By His Friends/in Auburn/June 20, 1861, silver ferrule, faux-bamboo wood shaft, German-silver tip
35¼ inches (89.5 cms.) long
Ivory handle lacking silver cap.
William Henry Seward (1801-1872), Governor of New York from 1838-1842, and U.S. Senator (1849-1861). Although loosing the Republican party nomination for President to Abraham Lincoln, Seward actively campaigned on Lincoln's behalf during the 1860 election. Appointed Secretary of State by Lincoln, Seward was instrumental in many aspects of the Union cause during the war, including dissuading England not to recognise the Confederacy. After the war he effectively pressured France to withdraw from Mexico.
Seward was wounded by a would-be assassin the night that Lincoln was murdered. Remaining on as Secretary of State during the Johnson Administration, Seward, the enthusiastic expansionist, negotiated the annexation of the Midway Islands and the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867. He died in Auburn, New York, 1872.
Literature
Conger, Roger N., Texas Collector: Gaines de Graffenried, Texian Press, Waco, 1987, page 141-143.
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Notice Regarding the Sale of Ivory and Tortoiseshell
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